Discriminative Value of Anorectal Manometry in Clinical Practice

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2503-2511

  Raza, Naeem ^a   Bielefeldt, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal sphincter function; Constipation; Dyssynergic defecation; Fecal incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; REFLEX; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 70350241314     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0631-1     Document Type: Article

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